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ased existence - it is the final resolution of ego-centrism. It is your own personal true nature
liberated after you release the limited identity of your ego. Your ego is your false self created by
your false ideas of self and other and sustained by your emotional obscurations. Your Innermost
Self is your own real Self that joyously emerges from ultimate reality. The Guhyasamāja Tantra
calls the enlightened master “The one who is the Self of all buddhas.” In the sūtras, your self is
your worst enemy. In the Tantras, your Innermost Self is your own best friend.
Love and Compassion
Enlightenment is pure love (priya), love without attachment that arises within you as an
expression of ultimate reality. True love for others is the way of the enlightened ones, whose
love extends to all beings. Kṛiṣṇācārya describes this overflowing divine love as “offering the
highest bliss to all living beings.” It is also a continous state of compassion (karuṇa) for those in
suffering. The Cakrasamvara Tantra speaks the immortal words of the enlightened ones: “I exist
always in order to benefit beings.”
Emotions and Wisdom
Your obscuring emotions transform into the Five Wisdoms of a buddha. In enlightenment, it is
not at all true that you stop having emotions and remain in a quiescent peace. All your emotions,
purified and flow freely, are stronger than ever. Sahajayoginīcintā says, “Passion, anger, pride,
greed and envy – all these emotions without exception are the perfected forms of pure, selfilluminating
wisdom.” You joyously delight in them, and they serve you in liberating others.
Magical Powers
The Tantras portray enlightened beings as possessing inconceivable magical abilities (siddhis).
The Hevajra Tantra speaks with great zeal: “Instantaneously with the arising of this wisdom,
earth, water, fire, air and space do not restrain the yogi, and he knows his mind and the minds of
others. At that moment his body is at one with the realms of heavens, humans, and hells. It is no
longer possible for the yogi to be obstructed by the misconception that separates himself from
others.” Extraordinary powers come effortlessly when you realize you are one with the Totality.
Delighting in the world, you use these powers for pursuing your own personal pleasures and
helping others.
Erotic Bliss
Enlightenment is erotic. This is an absolutely central teaching of the Tantras. The Hevajra
Tantra, with all-seeing wisdom, states “Erotic bliss is the Totality.” Eros (rata) is primal
creativity, the intuitive knowing that seeks pleasure and revels in sensual and aesthetic
enjoyment. It is the juiciness of primordial awareness. The essential and unalterable qualities of
ultimate reality are not only wisdom and compassion, but also erotic bliss. The siddhas often
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